Music Video idea for Goin' Down

My idea is that for the first verse, she could be being interrogated by police in the station (or turning herself in by going up to patrol officers). But instead of telling them upfront, she could be flirting with them all the way through, showing that she still has power over them.

When it goes to "There was this boy", we could cut to the Epping forest shot of her dragging a body along (panning through trees optional). Then we cut to her tracing his face with a hand sensually, with a manic smile on her face. Then at "eight feet underground", we shovel some dirt onto the camera.

When it goes to the chorus, we cut to her being locked up in prison, with the band playing behind her. I think it would be most effective if we have a lot of jump cuts in time where she keeps moving around the room making crazy actions and random twirls.

If we keep the second verse, we keep up the flirting, like, shoving the officer against a wall and straddling him with a leg maybe, then pushing him away laughing. Anything to play with his mind, to show that she's manipulative or crazy.

When it gets to the second chorus, I was thinking that we could go to a scene where it's her and her boyfriend before the affair, like, they're having fun outside or something, maybe at a funfair? But there should be little hints that he's not as faithful as he should be, like maybe checking out some girls walking down the street.

Then when it gets to the softer part, we should cut to a late night, she's been out working (or partying), she comes home and goes upstairs to find her boyfriend with another girl (taking that line literally). We *have* to do the cliché sheet grab thing. We could cut to her attacking him with a steak knife or we could just cut back to Epping forest, where she throws a cigarette (or a spade, I'd prefer the spade) on top of the camera.

At "And now there's no one left", we could show her sitting at home against a wall, knees to chin and staring at a photo of them together, which would probably involve her smiling a lot and him with his head in the space between her shoulder and neck and trying to kiss him. After the pause from "Drag", it should cut back to her at the police station, acting a lot more violently and crying. In the silence that follows, we see her walking out of the police station completely unhindered. This whole section is supposed to show that she's remorseful for her actions. Or is she?

Because the very next chorus, we have, you guessed it, her by a burning car and singing out the remainder of the song with the band and she would be acting exactly as crazy as she's shown to be inside the jail cell.

Problems:

-Burning car.
-Police office (possibly someone's study? We need blank walls and a simple desk). -Jail cell (bars? Would Edmonton Police Station let us film in there? If not, we could get the Seward Studio and repurpose it?).
-Lipsyncing the song (maybe her lipsyncing the song all the way through would suggest that she's insane? You know that stereotype that insane people speak to themselves? Maybe everyone hears this song as the ramblings of an insane woman?)

These are my thoughts, I think it would be interesting, but perhaps too story driven. But it would be an idea, definitely. Not sure if Ms. B will like it. Not sure if you guys would like it either. I flicked between down here and about the Seward Studio, I think we could do a lot of stuff in there if we made it look right. Anyway, I'm done.